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Definition: Aerobics |
AerobicsNoun1. Exercise that increases the need for oxygen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AerobicsSynonym: aerobic exercise (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In the 1960s, Dr. med. Kenneth H. Cooper introduced an exercise training in order to strengthen the heart and the lungs and took the first step of the “aerob” training in the United States. His published book “Aerobics” finally led to a gymnastic staying power- training, to Aerobics.
Aerobics is done in order
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Crosswords: Aerobics |
| English words defined with "aerobics": aerobic. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Light Aerobics and Stress Reduction Program (1989) Aerobics Girls Club (1986) Erotic Aerobics (1984) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A variety of shots showing older men and women performing aerobics at the Rockville Senior Center.Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
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Health | Check with your doctor before starting exercise that can be hard on your feet, such as running or aerobics. (references) | |
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| "Aerobics" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 58.00% of the time. "Aerobics" is used about 300 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 58% | 174 | 23,577 |
| Noun (singular) | 40.33% | 121 | 29,211 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.33% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 300 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "aerobics": aerobics-class. | |
Ending with "aerobics": step-aerobics. | |
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| Language | Translations for "aerobics"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | аеробика. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 有氧运动. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | aerobik. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | aerobic (aerobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αεροβική. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ארוביק". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aerobic (aerobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aerobica. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioner, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | エアロ"クス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aerobicsay aeróbica. (various references) аэробика (aerobic). (various references) aerobic, aeróbica, n pl - aerobicos. (various references) aerobisk träning. (various references) аеробіка. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Aerobics" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aegolius, aeorbic, Aeroback, aerotic, aerotics, arobic, arobics, arrobic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "aerobics" (pronounced erō"biks) |
| 3 | -i k s | academics, acoustics, acrobatics, acrylics, aerobatics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, aesthetics, affix, alcoholics, analgesics, analytics, anesthetics, anorexics, antibiotics, antics, apparatchiks, appendix, asthmatics, astronautics, astrophysics, athletics, atmospherics, attics, automatics, avionics, ballistics, basics, batiks, beatniks, bioethics, biologics, biophysics, bishoprics, calisthenics, Calix, calyx, catholics, ceramics, cervix, characteristics, charismatics, civics, classics, clerics, clinics, comics, conics, cosmetics, Criminalistics, critics, cynics, demographics, diabetics, diagnostics, diuretics, domestics, dynamics, eccentrics, econometrics, economics, electrics, electrodynamics, electronics, epics, epidemics, ergonomics, ethics, ethnics, eugenics, exotics, fabrics, fanatics, forensics, generics, genetics, geometrics, geopolitics, geriatrics, gimmicks, graphics, gymnastics, harmonics, helix, hemodynamics, heroics, hieroglyphics, histrionics, hydraulics, hypnotics, hysterics, informatics, ionics, italics, kibbutzniks, kinetics, limericks, linguistics, logistics, lyrics, macroeconomics, Magnetics, mathematics, matrix, mavericks, mechanics, medics, metaphysics, metrics, microeconomics, microelectronics, micrographics, mimics, mnemonics, mosaics, mystics, narcotics, Nucleonics, numismatics, obstetrics, onomastics, onyx, optics, orthodontics, oryx, panics, paramedics, Pediatrics, Phenix, Phoenix, phonetics, phonics, photovoltaics, physics, plastics, polemics, prefix, prosthetics, psychics, publics, pyrotechnics, refuseniks, relics, reprographics, republics, robotics, romantics, semantics, semiotics, skeptics, sonics, specifics, sputniks, statistics, stoics, suffix, synthetics, systematics, tactics, Technics, tectonics, theatrics, therapeutics, thermoplastics, tonics, topics, toxics, tropics, workaholics. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: aerobic, ascribe, boraces, caribes, corbies, isobare, scoriae. | |
-2 letters: ariose, braces, braise, cabers, carbos, caribe, caries, carobs, ceibas, cerias, coarse, cobias, cobras, corbie, cosier, ericas, isobar, rabies, ribose, scoria, scribe, sorbic. | |
-3 letters: abris, acerb, acres, areic, arise, arose, bares, baric, baser, basic, bears, bices, biers, birse, boars, boras, bores, boric, brace, braes, bries, brios, brose, caber, carbo, carbs, cares, carob, carse, ceiba, ceria, ceros, cires, cobia, cobra, coirs, cores, coria, corse, cosie, crabs, cribs, cries, erica, escar, obias, ocrea, orcas, osier, rabic, races, raise, ribes, rices, robes, saber, sabir, sabre, saice, scare, score, serac, serai, sober. | |
-4 letters: abos, abri, aces, acre, aero, airs, arbs, arco, arcs, ares, arse, asci, bare, bars, base, bear, bias, bice, bier, bios, bise, boar, boas, bora, bore, brae, bras, brie, brio, bris, bros, cabs, carb, care, cars, case, cero, ciao, cire, cobs, coir, core, cors, crab, crib, cris, ears, eras, eros, ices, ires, isba, oars, obes, obia, obis, ocas, orbs, orca, orcs, ores, osar, race, rase, rebs, recs, reis, rias, ribs, rice, rise, robe, robs, rocs, roes, rose, sabe, sari, scab, scar, sear, sera, sice, sire, soar, sora, sorb, sore, sori. | |
-5 letters: abo, abs, ace, air, ais, arb, arc, are, ars, bar, bas, bio, bis, boa, bos, bra, bro, cab, car, cis, cob, cor, cos, ear, era, ers, ice, ire, oar, obe, obi, oca, oes, ora, orb, orc, ore, ors, ose, ras, reb, rec, rei, res, ria, rib, rob, roc, roe, sab, sac, sae, sea, sec, sei, ser, sib, sic, sir, sob, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: albicores, boracites, bracioles, cabrioles, rockabies. | |
+2 letters: aerobatics, bacteroids, bricolages, cabriolets, carbonizes, iceboaters, microbeams, obduracies. | |
+3 letters: abreactions, aerobicizes, baronetcies, barricadoes, bichromates, bioreactors, carabineros, clofibrates, meroblastic, mobocracies, obstetrical. | |
+4 letters: absorbancies, absorbencies, bacteriocins, bacteriostat, bicarbonates, borosilicate, brecciations, cabinetworks, carburetions, celebrations, cerebrations, charbroilers, considerable, considerably, coralberries, cybernations, decarbonizes, discoverable, embrocations, exorbitances, forbiddances, inobservance, obstetrician, problematics, proboscidean, recombinants, ribonuclease, rockabillies, secobarbital, vocabularies. | |
+5 letters: backcountries, bacteriolyses, bacteriolysis, bacteriostats, behavioristic, biometricians, borosilicates, carboniferous, cerebrospinal, considerables, decarbonizers, elucubrations, exacerbations, inobservances, jabberwockies, microbalances, obstetrically, obstetricians, proboscideans, procarbazines, rhabdomancies, ribonucleases, secobarbitals, subcategories, subcategorize, subcontraries, subcoriaceous, tubocurarines. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 72 6F 62 69 63 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . .-. --- -... .. -.-. ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110010 01101111 01100010 01101001 01100011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e r o b i c s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0072 006F 0062 0069 0063 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3571848168756985 |
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